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#MultipolarWorld
Stating the obvious is the most easy thing to do.
Let's look at the world in a slightly different way.
Neither America, nor China , nor Russia are Superpowers.
None of them are able to do what they want by themselves.
* America can't subdue Iran
Stating the obvious is the most easy thing to do.
Let's look at the world in a slightly different way.
Neither America, nor China , nor Russia are Superpowers.
None of them are able to do what they want by themselves.
* America can't subdue Iran
* China cant take over Taiwan despite all its resources
* Russia is unable to subdue Ukraine after 4 years of War
SO WE HAVE ENTERED A MULTIPOLAR WORLD AS JAISHANKAR SAID.
The Great Powers, too arrogant to use the appelation, call it a Polycentric World [@KlRajiv]
* Russia is unable to subdue Ukraine after 4 years of War
SO WE HAVE ENTERED A MULTIPOLAR WORLD AS JAISHANKAR SAID.
The Great Powers, too arrogant to use the appelation, call it a Polycentric World [@KlRajiv]
India's importance will, in fact, grow, not recede. The world will need a Growth Engine to propel it.
Today, that is clearly India.
India may end up becoming a benign Great Power, a kind of Great Power the World has not seen till date.
* Powerful enough to remain unchallenged.
Today, that is clearly India.
India may end up becoming a benign Great Power, a kind of Great Power the World has not seen till date.
* Powerful enough to remain unchallenged.
Looking at the average distance traveled by Roman letters in the Latin West over time, we can see how the fall of the Western Empire led to a breakdown of movement, trade, and communication across the Classical World.
In the 380s, the avg letter traveled more than 1,500 km from sender to recipient. In subsequent decades after the collapse of the Rhine front, the loss of Britain, and North Africa, the avg distance traveled by letters shrank by half.
The letters themselves tell of the difficulties faced by the writers in sending them.🧵
In the 380s, the avg letter traveled more than 1,500 km from sender to recipient. In subsequent decades after the collapse of the Rhine front, the loss of Britain, and North Africa, the avg distance traveled by letters shrank by half.
The letters themselves tell of the difficulties faced by the writers in sending them.🧵
Sidonius Apollinaris, writing in the 450s, tells of the difficulties of sending letters across what was once a unified empire but is now separate kingdoms:
"Divided as we are between different kingdoms, we are held back from more frequent exchange of correspondence"
"Divided as we are between different kingdoms, we are held back from more frequent exchange of correspondence"
In another letter, around 470 AD, just before the fall of the empire he writes:
"The roads are blocked, the seas are shut, the provinces are cut off from each other by the movements of peoples hostile and unknown."
"The roads are blocked, the seas are shut, the provinces are cut off from each other by the movements of peoples hostile and unknown."
This is another reminder that Peer-to-Peer drone warfare is all about attrition loss curves.
Ukraine's drones has made the roads of occupied southern Ukraine into an "anti-access area denial" (A2AD) kill zones for Russian trucks.
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Ukraine's drones has made the roads of occupied southern Ukraine into an "anti-access area denial" (A2AD) kill zones for Russian trucks.
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Ukraine has achieved "Drone air superiority" over those roads rivaling WW2's Summer 1944 Allied air superiority over German occupied Normandy.
As a result, the Russian truck fleet is taking unsustainable attrition, particularly of its fuel tanker fleet.
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As a result, the Russian truck fleet is taking unsustainable attrition, particularly of its fuel tanker fleet.
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This AFU fuel interdiction campaign is causing panic:
"Fuel shortages are beginning in Sevastopol. This is the beginning of the consequences of the enemy's systematic strikes on oil refineries and tanker trucks along the land corridor to Crimea."
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"Fuel shortages are beginning in Sevastopol. This is the beginning of the consequences of the enemy's systematic strikes on oil refineries and tanker trucks along the land corridor to Crimea."
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I put out these pleas & I swear to god nothing comes of it. I feel a level of guilt & disappointment I can’t describe. When my fiancé asks me “did anyone want to help us, did you find anyone?” I have to tell him no. Do you understand what you are participating in by ignoring us?
The thing I feel most is shame.
Shame for humanity, shame for our souls, shame for what we have become and what we allow.
Shame that I can’t wake people up to support the man I know deserves better and that I love with my entire soul!
Shame that you could but you just don’t!
Shame for humanity, shame for our souls, shame for what we have become and what we allow.
Shame that I can’t wake people up to support the man I know deserves better and that I love with my entire soul!
Shame that you could but you just don’t!
All the attention I have gained toward my account over the past year has meant nothing to me bc I can’t support my partner. I hate social media. I rarely used it before 2023. I don’t want anything but peace & safety for my loved ones & that safety can’t come without some help!
You can see in this passage from 2008, in which Christopher Hitchens heaps scorn on Michelle Obama's undergraduate thesis, ("To describe it as hard to read would be a mistake; the thesis cannot be “read” at all, in the strict sense of the verb. This is because it wasn’t written in any known language") the reason why the Great Awokening was soon to be launched.
After a decade of Giuliani-ism and Clintonite triangulation (welfare reform, "superpredators", the Crime Bill), cynical white guys, even those nominally "on the Left" (Hitchens had departed it by 2008, but his prior credentials as a figure on the Left were part of what gave him permission to say these things in mainstream publications) felt free to do things they would soon not feel free to do, like belittle and ridicule and denigrate the intelligence of the first black First Lady.
After a decade of Giuliani-ism and Clintonite triangulation (welfare reform, "superpredators", the Crime Bill), cynical white guys, even those nominally "on the Left" (Hitchens had departed it by 2008, but his prior credentials as a figure on the Left were part of what gave him permission to say these things in mainstream publications) felt free to do things they would soon not feel free to do, like belittle and ridicule and denigrate the intelligence of the first black First Lady.
From the Before Times
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Now, here's the thing. Hitchens was doing hyperbole. This is recognizably the English language. It's not good. It's not distinguished in any way. It is utterly pedestrian work that we like to think of as something you'd see from a community college student, or from the recipient of an athletic scholarship -- but not actually that far off from the baseline norm at the best universities:
If you wake up at night and make du’a, your du’a gets accepted.
The Prophet ﷺ said:
Whoever wakes up at night and says:
La ilaha illallahu wahdahu la sharika lah, lahul-mulku wa lahul-hamd, wa huwa ‘ala kulli shay’in qadir.
Alhamdulillah, wa subhanAllah, wa la ilaha illAllah, wallahu akbar, wa la hawla wa la quwwata illa billah.
Whoever wakes up at night and says:
La ilaha illallahu wahdahu la sharika lah, lahul-mulku wa lahul-hamd, wa huwa ‘ala kulli shay’in qadir.
Alhamdulillah, wa subhanAllah, wa la ilaha illAllah, wallahu akbar, wa la hawla wa la quwwata illa billah.
لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ.
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، وَسُبْحَانَ اللهِ، وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، وَاللهُ أَكْبَرُ، وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، وَسُبْحَانَ اللهِ، وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، وَاللهُ أَكْبَرُ، وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ
Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "Let’s consider a radical change in immigration and ex-migration for the USA
Here is a really useful common-sense idea for the USA. I want people to be happy.
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Here is a really useful common-sense idea for the USA. I want people to be happy.
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A. Let’s deport all those activists that say they want to leave America and who claim other places are better for them.
Those walls were not built to keep them in, let them leave. Heck, help them leave.
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Those walls were not built to keep them in, let them leave. Heck, help them leave.
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Sadly, the number of women in the USA who say they would rather live elsewhere is much higher than the number of men, double. But things are different in parts of Europe where women complain that they cannot find men,
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Sudden wealth is not a blessing if you announce it before you understand it. Money changes how people see you, test you, use you and approach you. The first rule of becoming rich is silence. Protect the bag before the world starts planning how to spend it. Move wisely.
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Don’t tell everyone you have become rich, not even family. Not because you hate them, but because money creates expectations, pressure, entitlement and emotional blackmail. Move quietly until your plans, protection and discipline are stronger than excitement. Guard it.
Before you dream of luxury, clear your debts. Pay friends, banks, mobile loans and everyone who carried you when life was hard. Debt is a silent chain around wealth. The richest feeling is not spending big; it is owning your money without creditors hunting you daily. First..
0/ Been researching India's sea-based nuclear deterrent for a while now and the K-series SLBM programme is genuinely one of the more underappreciated strategic stories in modern defence
It starts not with a missile but with a moment of geopolitical hostility in 1971
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It starts not with a missile but with a moment of geopolitical hostility in 1971
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The US Seventh Fleet's Task Force 74, led by USS Enterprise, enters the Bay of Bengal as a coercive signal during the Indo-Pakistani War
The Soviet Navy responds by dispatching a nuclear-armed submarine flotilla from Vladivostok to shadow the Americans
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi watches all of this and quietly orders preliminary work on an indigenous nuclear-propelled submarine
The US Seventh Fleet's Task Force 74, led by USS Enterprise, enters the Bay of Bengal as a coercive signal during the Indo-Pakistani War
The Soviet Navy responds by dispatching a nuclear-armed submarine flotilla from Vladivostok to shadow the Americans
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi watches all of this and quietly orders preliminary work on an indigenous nuclear-propelled submarine
2/ The Advanced Technology Vessel project is formally constituted in 1984 under Vice Admiral Mihir K. Roy
The Rajiv Gandhi government upgrades it in 1985 and leases a Soviet Charlie-I class SSGN from the USSR, INS Chakra-I which is delivered to Visakhapatnam on 3 February 1988
Indian crews had already been training at the Soviet nuclear submarine school at Sosnovy Bor near Leningrad since 1983
The education was deliberate and thorough
The Rajiv Gandhi government upgrades it in 1985 and leases a Soviet Charlie-I class SSGN from the USSR, INS Chakra-I which is delivered to Visakhapatnam on 3 February 1988
Indian crews had already been training at the Soviet nuclear submarine school at Sosnovy Bor near Leningrad since 1983
The education was deliberate and thorough
Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "Democracy Died Yesterday in Turkey
When the Appeals Court decided, under pressure from Erdoğan, to disallow the leaders of the major opposition party that polls show would win in a presidential contest with Erdoğan.
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When the Appeals Court decided, under pressure from Erdoğan, to disallow the leaders of the major opposition party that polls show would win in a presidential contest with Erdoğan.
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This after another leader, the mayor of Istanbul, who polls show could beat Erdoğan, has been jailed and accused, without evidence, of all sorts of crimes.
In short, Erdoğan is systematically turning his nation into an Islamic dictatorship, while...
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In short, Erdoğan is systematically turning his nation into an Islamic dictatorship, while...
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Turkish stocks (market frozen) and the currency have plunged further, after dangerous drops in value over the past few years.
All the while Turkey has increased troop deployments to Cyprus, Libya, and Somalia."
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All the while Turkey has increased troop deployments to Cyprus, Libya, and Somalia."
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Originating in India and traditionally called Murgh Makhani, Butter Chicken is pure comfort food. It features ultra-tender marinated Chicken simmered to perfection in a silky, mildly spiced Tomato, Butter, and Cream Sauce.
Quick and Easy Butter Chicken recipe
🎥 myhealthydish | IG
Quick and Easy Butter Chicken recipe
🎥 myhealthydish | IG
Ingredients:
4-5 skinless chicken thighs
1/3 cup Greek Yogurt
Juice of half a lemon
1 tbsp garlic paste
1 tbsp ginger paste
2 tsps salt
2 tsps garam masala
1 tsp turmeric
1 tsp chili powder
2 tsps ground coriander
2 tsps sugar
4 tbsps butter
2 tbsps of olive oil
1 can tomato sauce
11/4 cup heavy cream
4-5 skinless chicken thighs
1/3 cup Greek Yogurt
Juice of half a lemon
1 tbsp garlic paste
1 tbsp ginger paste
2 tsps salt
2 tsps garam masala
1 tsp turmeric
1 tsp chili powder
2 tsps ground coriander
2 tsps sugar
4 tbsps butter
2 tbsps of olive oil
1 can tomato sauce
11/4 cup heavy cream
Instructions:
Add Cube chicken to half the seasoning, yogurt and lemon juice.
Mix together. In a large pan heat up oil and two tosps of butter on medium heat.
Add chicken and cook 4-5 minutes on each side or until fully cooked.
Remove from pan, bring heat down to low, and add remaining butter and remaining seasoning.
Cook for 1 minute and then add tomato sauce and sugar.
Cook for another 2 minutes and add heavy cream.
Mix and cook for another two minutes and add back in cooked chicken.
Serve without basmati rice and naan.
Enjoy
Add Cube chicken to half the seasoning, yogurt and lemon juice.
Mix together. In a large pan heat up oil and two tosps of butter on medium heat.
Add chicken and cook 4-5 minutes on each side or until fully cooked.
Remove from pan, bring heat down to low, and add remaining butter and remaining seasoning.
Cook for 1 minute and then add tomato sauce and sugar.
Cook for another 2 minutes and add heavy cream.
Mix and cook for another two minutes and add back in cooked chicken.
Serve without basmati rice and naan.
Enjoy
Elise Stefanik is one of the most grossly corrupt politicians of the 21st Century. She is a fraud and a huckster who used illegal Smurf donations to her campaign committees to launder tens of millions of dollars to herself and her crony consultants during her time in office.
In the 2 year 2024 cycle she “raised” over $26.2 million across her 4 campaign committees and spent over $13.4 million of it on everything from luxury hotels to private jets with millions spent on “consulting” for her race despite having no primary challengers and representing an R+12 house district.
Her Democrat challenger raised just $149,000 total. Elise spent more than $250k from just one of her committees on “political strategy consulting.”
She would be an absolute disaster as DNI and would be wholly under the control of Israel lobby- her biggest funders while she was in Congress.
In the 2 year 2024 cycle she “raised” over $26.2 million across her 4 campaign committees and spent over $13.4 million of it on everything from luxury hotels to private jets with millions spent on “consulting” for her race despite having no primary challengers and representing an R+12 house district.
Her Democrat challenger raised just $149,000 total. Elise spent more than $250k from just one of her committees on “political strategy consulting.”
She would be an absolute disaster as DNI and would be wholly under the control of Israel lobby- her biggest funders while she was in Congress.
lol Bill Gates ain’t got nothin on Elise’s real sugar daddy: Ronald Lauder, the president of the World Jewish Congress. He gave one of her JFC accounts $300,000 in just 2024.
